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what a tragic figure john boehner is becoming. of thein as the suon barkeep with 11 brothers and sisters. he wept at the time and he must be weeping now. how did this happen to me? >> the question is to go out with a blaze of glory, i am going to give up my speakership but we are going to move past this impasse and it must be attractive to him for the reasons margaret said. it is not like the job is that great. you're hanging onto a job where you are rick -- subject to ritual humiliations. >> he is saying we will not default on the debt. maybe this is his moment. >> the rollout of obamacare. >> more choices, more competition, and in many cases, lower prices. most uninsured americans will find they can get covered for $100 or less. >> and terms of news coverage, the shutdown completely overshadowed the very thing house republicans are trying to reverse, the affordable care act, obamacare. there were glitches as kathleen sebelius says, that we did not talk about that because we had this other thing, this huge elephant up here. >> fo
what a tragic figure john boehner is becoming. of thein as the suon barkeep with 11 brothers and sisters. he wept at the time and he must be weeping now. how did this happen to me? >> the question is to go out with a blaze of glory, i am going to give up my speakership but we are going to move past this impasse and it must be attractive to him for the reasons margaret said. it is not like the job is that great. you're hanging onto a job where you are rick -- subject to ritual...
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i like john boehner. i happen to think that he is a good american and wants the government to really do what we're supposed to be doing. is that we're helping people where people can't be helped any further by their own initiatives. i personally believe he is in for a sad awakening next year. and i would like him to stand up and say let's have a clean vote on the budget. that is what we need right now. let's get on with the other issues of the debt and the other issues of where this country is going in terms of its investments. if you look at the last four months in terms of economic growth. if you look at the housing prices and where mortgages are going and where -- now we have a decline, thank god, in foreclosures. we're going in the right direction. but these republicans don't want this president to succeed. and that is where it is at. people are not dumb. they can understand this. i support the health care act, i think it is going to work. they don't want it to be successful. why not? should they have
i like john boehner. i happen to think that he is a good american and wants the government to really do what we're supposed to be doing. is that we're helping people where people can't be helped any further by their own initiatives. i personally believe he is in for a sad awakening next year. and i would like him to stand up and say let's have a clean vote on the budget. that is what we need right now. let's get on with the other issues of the debt and the other issues of where this country is...
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john boehner said he would not allow the united states to default. there are signs this thing is bruising the economy. the dow dropped almost 700 points in a couple of weeks. to republicans are willing fund a little bit here, a little bit there. piecemeal. they were talking about funding nih, for example. early on we showed eric cantor and behind him were a bunch of people in white coats. who are those people in white coats? these are members of the republican doctors caucus. >> they are curing cancer and eric cantor and the republicans want that to keep on. they want to choose but they have got there, prince at the world war ii memorial where one congressman is saying you should be ashamed of yourselves to a national park ranger who is working there without pay to do atnational park rangers do our national monuments, to keep them safe and clean. >> those doctors were making the case to fund children's cancer research at nih. why would you not do that, why would that not be the compassionate thing to do? to take careoing of the dr.. they have the cap
john boehner said he would not allow the united states to default. there are signs this thing is bruising the economy. the dow dropped almost 700 points in a couple of weeks. to republicans are willing fund a little bit here, a little bit there. piecemeal. they were talking about funding nih, for example. early on we showed eric cantor and behind him were a bunch of people in white coats. who are those people in white coats? these are members of the republican doctors caucus. >> they are...
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that was a sad, dejected bonn boehner. that was a john boehner who had one thing to say. he is usually jovial with reporters, likes to talk. he didn't want anything to do with us tonight. he wanted to get to bed or plot the next move about how to keep the government open. as far as that question i posed to him, alex, one of the under reported stories here on the hill is these federal workers who will be furloughed. there's no guarantee they get their pay back. you are from d.c. you know how many federal workers there are in the dmv area. i was speaking to a few of them today and there is a real worry because of the appetite of cutting spending in congress you could see it go on a few dans these folks be presented with house saying why should we pay you for days you didn't work. but where we move on from here your guess is as good as mine. the idea to move from confer rhees, that prized them. they didn't see that coming. that was supposed to be the magic bullet that was supposed to solve this. harry reid will table that later on today. the idea is they have to pass a clean
that was a sad, dejected bonn boehner. that was a john boehner who had one thing to say. he is usually jovial with reporters, likes to talk. he didn't want anything to do with us tonight. he wanted to get to bed or plot the next move about how to keep the government open. as far as that question i posed to him, alex, one of the under reported stories here on the hill is these federal workers who will be furloughed. there's no guarantee they get their pay back. you are from d.c. you know how...
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so terry, you used to be the spokesman for john boehner. john boehner said in march he didn't think that the golf should use these moments for negotiations. he thought it was not a smart idea. but here he is coming out being the guy saying it's a smart idea. does he feel sick every time he has to say it or has he bought into the what the far right wing of his party are making his do? >> but it's the president who said he's not going to negotiate and the democrats who have been unwilling to delay obamacare. barack obama delayed obamacare this summer. >> i know where you are going. is it making john boehner sick every time he has to do this? >> john boehner is managing a conference of congressmen who believes that they are doing the right thing. it is a tough situation. there are guys out there that believe a government shutdown is what it's going to take to shake this country up and get it back on its fiscal feet. they believe that obamacare is going to wreck this economy and believe in their principles. it's not wrong in the united states c
so terry, you used to be the spokesman for john boehner. john boehner said in march he didn't think that the golf should use these moments for negotiations. he thought it was not a smart idea. but here he is coming out being the guy saying it's a smart idea. does he feel sick every time he has to say it or has he bought into the what the far right wing of his party are making his do? >> but it's the president who said he's not going to negotiate and the democrats who have been unwilling...
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we've heard from john boehner. he said he is sending back a bill with a one had-year delay of the individual mandate. and also to get rid of the exemption for members of congress. what does the president say? >> well, i'll tell you what. in my experience, he's going to come out, and he'll be strong. he'll say enough, already. he'll say, look, you're fighting this issue of funding the government over obamacare. obamacare is going live tomorrow. at 8:00 tomorrow morning, the website will be up. people will be enrolling. in three months, people will be getting access to health care through the exchanges. and the president is going to say, nothing you're going to do here in shutting the government down is going to stop obamacare. so stop the silliness, do your job. you have two jobs. you have to pay the debt, you have to pay our bills and you have to fund the government. do those two jobs, it's enough already. >> yeah. goldie, we're just watching pictures of the briefing room being set up with cameras being hung in var
we've heard from john boehner. he said he is sending back a bill with a one had-year delay of the individual mandate. and also to get rid of the exemption for members of congress. what does the president say? >> well, i'll tell you what. in my experience, he's going to come out, and he'll be strong. he'll say enough, already. he'll say, look, you're fighting this issue of funding the government over obamacare. obamacare is going live tomorrow. at 8:00 tomorrow morning, the website will be...
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much like the president they're calling out house speaker john boehner by name. this is interesting politics in the history of this. this is a hasert rule, this refers to the former speaker of the house, and long time speaker and that is if the speaker does not have the majority of his team on board with a bill then you don't get it get to the floor. that's the legacy of someone like speaker boehner would not let a bill that his caucus doesn't support get to the a floor. so the question is what power does speaker boehner have? and we heard democrats push not just personally to speaker boehner but also why would they negotiate. they don't feel it's a good precedence going forward. here is senator chuck assumer. >> what happens when this has to be renewed. by holding a gun to their heads we got what we wanted. we'll up the ante this time. >> reporter: democrats saying there is no incentive for them to compromise at this time. >> thank you. wall street is down again. concerns about the government shutdown grow. and with that the shutdown has forced a delay in tomorr
much like the president they're calling out house speaker john boehner by name. this is interesting politics in the history of this. this is a hasert rule, this refers to the former speaker of the house, and long time speaker and that is if the speaker does not have the majority of his team on board with a bill then you don't get it get to the floor. that's the legacy of someone like speaker boehner would not let a bill that his caucus doesn't support get to the a floor. so the question is what...
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they have been pitying john boehner instead of this is the guy for hot. >> i don't know if john boehner is the face for messaging, they have tried to do that with with ted cruz. there a difference between boehner and pelosi, pelosi for the most time she was speaker was leading the caucus. boehner the most time as speaker has been following his caucus. he's not the decisive figure pelosi was before. all of this day to day tactical messaging wars, who is responsible for world war ii memorial or bigger boogie man or boogie woman for the american people, all of that, i think, as we get closer to the debt limit as the markets continue to decline because they become more nervous about this, all that is going to fade into the background. all these politicians in washington will have to look at themselves in the mirror and say how much damage am i willing to cause. i'm not talking 30 or 40 hard line people in the house who basically don't think default is a terrible thing or going over the debt limit is a terrible thing. leadership of the house, leadership of the senate, leadership of the white
they have been pitying john boehner instead of this is the guy for hot. >> i don't know if john boehner is the face for messaging, they have tried to do that with with ted cruz. there a difference between boehner and pelosi, pelosi for the most time she was speaker was leading the caucus. boehner the most time as speaker has been following his caucus. he's not the decisive figure pelosi was before. all of this day to day tactical messaging wars, who is responsible for world war ii...
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john boehner stands out there on the bridge while this blows out. whose decision was it to put a senate hold on a meeting between the senate and house budget committees? that lack of appropriations bills passed and signed by the president exposed the entire u.s. government to shut down and who was it that demanded as a price for the passage of a continuing resolution the destruction of the affordable care act? ted cruz. the man who's now standing back and watching the government crash in. within the last hour, president obama met with the congressional leaders of both parties at the white house. howard, let's talk about the setup before tonight. where are we with this speaker of the house? he's got the heat on his back. on his backside. let's be blunt here. he's facing a tremendous torture. you can see it in his face. how long will it take for the moderates in his party to give him enough backing where he can make a move and make a lesser demand on the president, one that he might be able to accept? >> well, chris, we're he an all counting, one by o
john boehner stands out there on the bridge while this blows out. whose decision was it to put a senate hold on a meeting between the senate and house budget committees? that lack of appropriations bills passed and signed by the president exposed the entire u.s. government to shut down and who was it that demanded as a price for the passage of a continuing resolution the destruction of the affordable care act? ted cruz. the man who's now standing back and watching the government crash in....
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that's what john boehner's struggle is. nancy pelosi and chris van holland don't have to do anything, they just have to watch republicans spin and they'll face the music and don't know when and how but they will. >> there were a few republicans who supported a government shut down or the elimination of obamacare who went into cause of action this afternoon and clearly, were going to point out that those polls are not so favorable to them, but clearly they could not convince -- >> doesn't matter. >> -- the speaker of the house john boehner have a straight up and down vote on it. >> there were at least ten votes against it. these are ten conservative republican votes who thought what john boehner was putting forward wasn't tough enough. there is no way you are going to convince the far right of the republican party to come forward with anything that has obamacare in it. they still have too many problems in it. this is not resolvable outside the republican party. this is john boehner and the republican party's fight. this will
that's what john boehner's struggle is. nancy pelosi and chris van holland don't have to do anything, they just have to watch republicans spin and they'll face the music and don't know when and how but they will. >> there were a few republicans who supported a government shut down or the elimination of obamacare who went into cause of action this afternoon and clearly, were going to point out that those polls are not so favorable to them, but clearly they could not convince -- >>...
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don't you think that john boehner knows that? >> of course he does. john boehner and ted cruz come from two completely different planets in terms of their view of their responsibilities and their approach to politics and their ideology. they are farther apart than many democrats were from 10 to 15 years ago. >> do you see this thing? you don't remember the republican party howard and i remember, the one that was for civil rights and it wasn't a crazy whacko bird. >> i remember when it was a party that understood governing and sent people to washington who understood the role of a legislator is to governor and compromise when needed for the nation. a couple of the reasons you are seeing the president look calm and not sweating is because he feels he is on perfectly firm ground. he is not budging on the affordable care act baz as you have said it's the law of the land. >> it's his baby. >> it's his baby and the american people reelected him knowing he would push this through. this is one, and two, people forget that we've gotten to this point of brinksm
don't you think that john boehner knows that? >> of course he does. john boehner and ted cruz come from two completely different planets in terms of their view of their responsibilities and their approach to politics and their ideology. they are farther apart than many democrats were from 10 to 15 years ago. >> do you see this thing? you don't remember the republican party howard and i remember, the one that was for civil rights and it wasn't a crazy whacko bird. >> i remember...
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. >> john boehner has more influence. we're all students of john boehner. we all look at his face and try to figure out what's going on. the 75-second press conference did not tell us anything. >> 73 seconds. >> i rounded up to the nearest five. i don't know what he's going to do. what causes him to move. the president risked his job to pass universal health care. right now for this, the next crisis, the debt ceiling, to end john boehner is going to have to risk his job one way or the other. >> it's hard. very hard for me to see him saying, here you go, nancy pelosi. >> or any kind of democratic cooperation. last night i was on the air 1:00 to 2:00 in the morning. i apologize to anybody who watched that. no, it was a great program was a lot was happening. among things that happened speaker boehner came out for 73 second press conference, did not mention the words government shutdown. luke russert is kind of like a distant cousin, young nephew to john boehner, they have a personal relationship on the hill. luke came out an
. >> john boehner has more influence. we're all students of john boehner. we all look at his face and try to figure out what's going on. the 75-second press conference did not tell us anything. >> 73 seconds. >> i rounded up to the nearest five. i don't know what he's going to do. what causes him to move. the president risked his job to pass universal health care. right now for this, the next crisis, the debt ceiling, to end john boehner is going to have to risk his job one...
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the latest it ration that john boehner announced, i was watching john boehner, he emerged from a closed door meeting. now they are going to take from the senate did, which is put the funding of obamacare back in the spending bill, sends it back to the house. john boehner is going to add another delay, this time with the one-year delay of the mandate that requires everyone to get insurance, and that is a subsidy to cover a portion of your monthly health care premium. they are going to take that away. so they are sending that back to the senate, tony. >> we have to take a quick break, but when we come back, we'll have more time, i'm sure to discuss this, but we can talk about -- kill the music for just a second, please -- we can talk about how districts are -- are being carved up in the country in such a way -- >> sure. >> -- as to make -- provide a disincentive in many cases for the kind of negotiation that will resolve the kind of log jam that we are at right now, how differents are being divided up. let's talk about that a bit when we come back. now we can start the music, and we're ba
the latest it ration that john boehner announced, i was watching john boehner, he emerged from a closed door meeting. now they are going to take from the senate did, which is put the funding of obamacare back in the spending bill, sends it back to the house. john boehner is going to add another delay, this time with the one-year delay of the mandate that requires everyone to get insurance, and that is a subsidy to cover a portion of your monthly health care premium. they are going to take that...
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if john boehner thinks his speakership is more important than these people, i feel sorry for john boehner. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> house minority leader nancy pelosi joined senator reid on calling for a vote on a temporary spending bill to fund the whole government. this is 20 minutes. >> today marks the third day of the republican government shutdown. it could be over in hours if the republicans would take yes for an answer. yesterday afternoon, over 100 members of congress and others who backed what we were doing stood on the steps of the capitol and spoke to speaker boehner telling him to allow a vote -- a vote to keep the government open. on two separate occasions, we proposed motions to keep the government open by accepting the senate bill. i remind you that what the senate bill contains is the number 986 that the house republicans proposed, and on both occasions, every democrat voted to keep government open, swallowing the 986 even though it is a figure that we have mostly opposed.
if john boehner thinks his speakership is more important than these people, i feel sorry for john boehner. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> house minority leader nancy pelosi joined senator reid on calling for a vote on a temporary spending bill to fund the whole government. this is 20 minutes. >> today marks the third day of the republican government shutdown. it could be over in hours if...
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that means john boehner has 15 votes to stay in. this is not something that republicans or democrats invested. you can go back to oh the 19th century, people who are in the majority do not pass things over the objection of the core interest of their party and they only pass things if they can do so by themselves without any help from the other side. there have been anonelies between the history of the republicans. this is the way it works right now. what the you have when you're john boehner and look at this. he did not want to go through this and anything else that we gave in, the tea party, the base of his party. so any 15 of those guys can get together. you cannot defy the base. the base is motivated. the base vote and that -- the base -- but there are republicans -- -- >> but, mike, there are people on the other side. i don't think it's fair to call them moderates. they are not part of that state and they are getting together and saying, come on, we got break this. >> here's the thing. you're talking about moderates in the house
that means john boehner has 15 votes to stay in. this is not something that republicans or democrats invested. you can go back to oh the 19th century, people who are in the majority do not pass things over the objection of the core interest of their party and they only pass things if they can do so by themselves without any help from the other side. there have been anonelies between the history of the republicans. this is the way it works right now. what the you have when you're john boehner...
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three weeks ago john boehner wanted to cave on this. he's been forced by his caucus not to give that up. what is he supposed to discuss in a negotiation with the president? the president is going to say i'm not doing something that delays or defunds obama care. boehner has to say i'm not authorized to another gate on that. >> ryan lizza, you have a very good point. >> i want to add thing. >> >> the point i would make to you, are we dealing with essentially two quite weak leaders here? >> yes, look, i think there's something to that. i don't want to suggest that there aren't major differences between obama and boehner and a major problem with their relationship. there are incredible differences between the two parties. all i'm saying here is, we should never shut the government down and one party, whether it's democrats or republicans shouldn't use the threat of a shutdown to get their way to get their policy. all you have to do is pass a continuing resolution and 800,000 employees won't be out of jobs tomorrow or at least temporarily. i
three weeks ago john boehner wanted to cave on this. he's been forced by his caucus not to give that up. what is he supposed to discuss in a negotiation with the president? the president is going to say i'm not doing something that delays or defunds obama care. boehner has to say i'm not authorized to another gate on that. >> ryan lizza, you have a very good point. >> i want to add thing. >> >> the point i would make to you, are we dealing with essentially two quite weak...
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because john boehner is a responsible and patriotic american. and john boehner is not going to send us through the debt ceiling if he can avoid it by sending a vote to the full house, right? >> here's the other part of that, right? he does that and there's no guarantee that those 30 or 40 members of that kind of tea party group will see that as a proper concession and then he's in trouble. and everybody who voted in that is looking over their shoulder, worrying about they'll be primaried -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> but he has. to he knows that he has to actually let the house vote on that even then. i mean -- >> so he'll go down a hero? >> i don't know about that. i think boehner has often played a fairly heroic role in a fairly difficult situation over the last couple of years. >> getting back to the early ie point about entitlements and out spending. republicans will say why doesn't the president lead on the most pressing fiscal issue that faces the country over the next 20 or 30 years. an explosion of seniors, 10,000 seniors retiring every
because john boehner is a responsible and patriotic american. and john boehner is not going to send us through the debt ceiling if he can avoid it by sending a vote to the full house, right? >> here's the other part of that, right? he does that and there's no guarantee that those 30 or 40 members of that kind of tea party group will see that as a proper concession and then he's in trouble. and everybody who voted in that is looking over their shoulder, worrying about they'll be primaried...
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i want to believe john boehner. does not want any of this to happen, but i do think republicans will have to get someing like maybe the medical or ae tax rolled back, promise to have a tax commission where they say we have had our way and let's move on. quick 72% of the american people opposed to shutting down the government even though 47% do not like the affordable care act. they do not like obamacare. >> you have to look beyond that number to see what else is happening particularly with this rollllout of the active this we. -- act this week. it is one thing to give a party and no one comes. their oversubscribed. -- they are oversubscribed. there was a demand to know more about this affordable care act and that is going to shift. republicans have made a serious error in trying to defund or repeal this law that is already on the books. that is a nonstarter for t them. i should have never gone down that road. >> do think the speakership is in trouble? >> it is in trouble every day of the week. that is why he walked
i want to believe john boehner. does not want any of this to happen, but i do think republicans will have to get someing like maybe the medical or ae tax rolled back, promise to have a tax commission where they say we have had our way and let's move on. quick 72% of the american people opposed to shutting down the government even though 47% do not like the affordable care act. they do not like obamacare. >> you have to look beyond that number to see what else is happening particularly...
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john boehner said, we've got john boehner saying t charles kraut haumer called it the suicide caucus. what happened was about 30 to 80 house republican caucus members along with ted cruz and jim dement demented, it is now the case that they are all just all in on this. i mean, isn't that whatever fissures you saw are starting to dissolve, as far as i can tell, everyone is falling in line. all those folks, the entire right wing noise machine, all are behind this strategy. >> yeah. we've been all day at the huffington post counting the number of house republicans who are willing to vote for a so-called clean cr, pan we're up to 20, but it's a difference between sort of what they're saying in the corridors and actually going in there and standing up to ted cruz and the tea party. and it's not clear that three were willing to do it. if john boehner came out of that thing looking like he'd been through the washing machine because he's realizing that he has no power whatsoever. and what is going to happen, as you were saying just before and as kristen welker was saying is that the governmen
john boehner said, we've got john boehner saying t charles kraut haumer called it the suicide caucus. what happened was about 30 to 80 house republican caucus members along with ted cruz and jim dement demented, it is now the case that they are all just all in on this. i mean, isn't that whatever fissures you saw are starting to dissolve, as far as i can tell, everyone is falling in line. all those folks, the entire right wing noise machine, all are behind this strategy. >> yeah. we've...
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it would pass, but john boehner is beholden to the tea party caucus of the house republicans. what we are witnessing is the tyranny of the minority and the american people and you want to talk about listening to the constituents and the american people want the government to be open and what we should do is put up the gamesmanship and the talking points. the fact of the matter is the senate bill would pass the house that john boehner would put it on the floor. >> a, would it pass? and would john boehner lose his speakership. >> i don't know the answer to that, but would he lose his speakership? >> it seeps in account at least 17 republicans suggested it would go. now it's 20 for a clean cr. they need 17. >> i don't know that, i don't have a crystal ball. the optics are obviously shifting pretty much, but to answer the second question, would john boehner lose his speakership and i don't want to gloss over this and i don't want to belabor this. there's a large majority of the house of representatives listening to the constituencies and when one says listen to the american people
it would pass, but john boehner is beholden to the tea party caucus of the house republicans. what we are witnessing is the tyranny of the minority and the american people and you want to talk about listening to the constituents and the american people want the government to be open and what we should do is put up the gamesmanship and the talking points. the fact of the matter is the senate bill would pass the house that john boehner would put it on the floor. >> a, would it pass? and...
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john boehner and barack obama, john boehner and harry reid. there's just not a warmth of barack obama in congress generally, democrats and republicans. so that complicates what is already going to be a difficult policy and political fight, the lack of sort of trust that exists, that's always been the core of how these things ultimately got done and it's just not there. >> chris, the president will have a lot of time to call them over for chats because he's not going to asia this weekend. that does it for us for this edition of quts andrea mitchell reports." msnbc will follow every detail of the shutdown and any negotiations that take place, you'll have it here. follow the show at mitchell reports on twitter. >> hi, andrea, have a great weekend. new information on the mother who led police on the deadly chase through the nation's capitol, including the delusions investigators say may have driven her to those actions. plus, we'll have an update on her child. capitol hill police applauded for their quick response in the middle of the shutdown, wh
john boehner and barack obama, john boehner and harry reid. there's just not a warmth of barack obama in congress generally, democrats and republicans. so that complicates what is already going to be a difficult policy and political fight, the lack of sort of trust that exists, that's always been the core of how these things ultimately got done and it's just not there. >> chris, the president will have a lot of time to call them over for chats because he's not going to asia this weekend....
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john boehner does not want this on his sheet. what is extraordinary about this to the observer is how far these republican extremists are willing to go, just to bring the spotlight on them and to supposedly prove to the people who sent him to washington that they are there to do with they were elected to do, which is to stop obamacare, which is what they are doing. they are holding the budget and they are holding the debt ceiling hostage to try and get this law defunded. >> when he woke up tuesday morning, the whole world is ending, this is terrible. the first time in 17 years. the markets closed this friday -- are going to close slightly up. it seems as though wall street does not seem that worried. >> they are worried more about the debt ceiling not being raised on the 17. they are concerned about that. as time goes on and we get closer to october 17, if there is still this great gap between these two sides of the house and the senate, they will be very concerned. i think you will see what a bit of volatility. for right now it
john boehner does not want this on his sheet. what is extraordinary about this to the observer is how far these republican extremists are willing to go, just to bring the spotlight on them and to supposedly prove to the people who sent him to washington that they are there to do with they were elected to do, which is to stop obamacare, which is what they are doing. they are holding the budget and they are holding the debt ceiling hostage to try and get this law defunded. >> when he woke...
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john boehner has the power to extend or end the crisis. his next move could depending on the reply cat pressure he faces in washington as well as back home in ohio. joe johns is -- joe is joining us. what's going on over there. >> wolf, john boehner comes from one of the most republican districts in the state of ohio, so people here are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. but talking to people, it's clear that republicans and democrats are quite annoyed with all the politicians, including the speaker of the house. this is where john boehner came from, working-class cincinnati. he's been in congress since 1990, now at a pivotal moment in washington, and in a bitter battle over oballa care. he has a 48% unfavorable rating, an all-time high in cnn polling. >> nobody knows what the rules are. >> at andy's cafe, which boehner family's own, the shutdown was no big deal, though government growth and bureaucracy are an issue. but when i asked jim brigger if he was with the tea party in congress, he wouldn't say. >> the government is way
john boehner has the power to extend or end the crisis. his next move could depending on the reply cat pressure he faces in washington as well as back home in ohio. joe johns is -- joe is joining us. what's going on over there. >> wolf, john boehner comes from one of the most republican districts in the state of ohio, so people here are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. but talking to people, it's clear that republicans and democrats are quite annoyed with all the politicians,...
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john boehner has the same problem that john boehner had four days ago, three days ago before the government shutdown. there is a group of republicans in the house, and it's a lot bigger than the 14 people who said they would sign a clean cr who are republicans. there's a group of 40 to 50 republicans in the house who simply are not going to vote for a continuing resolution that does not include delaying or defunding obama care. at least today they're not going to do that. that's the bigger problem here, andrea. if john boehner wants to pass a clean continuing resolution with the votes of a vast majority of democrats and a handful of republicans, the idea of speaker john boehner if republicans hold the house majority in 2015, that's going to go away. >> and jack lew has written a letter to congress. it says, if we have insufficient cash on hand, it would be impossible for the united states of america to meet all of its obligations for the first time in our history. he's obviously talking about the debt ceiling. for this reason, i respectfully urge congress to act immediately to meet its resp
john boehner has the same problem that john boehner had four days ago, three days ago before the government shutdown. there is a group of republicans in the house, and it's a lot bigger than the 14 people who said they would sign a clean cr who are republicans. there's a group of 40 to 50 republicans in the house who simply are not going to vote for a continuing resolution that does not include delaying or defunding obama care. at least today they're not going to do that. that's the bigger...
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it really is the president and john boehner. they have to work this out. shu he just call in john boehner and say, mr. speaker, we've got to figure this out. there are so many people suffering right now. and if this debt ceiling isn't raised, it's going to be potentially another deep recession for the entire economy. >> the consequences are very great if the debt ceiling isn't raised. i predict it will be raised. the speaker has said he didn't want to see us go into default he is the president. he doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected. it's his second term shouldn't he just do what lbj might have done or ronald reagan might have done, take charge of this crisis. >> times are different. >> why? >> because all these outside factor hess i talked about. so you know, all i can tell you is the president has to be personally engaged all the time, 24 hours a day. he's the only one that speaks for all americans. it also requires the leadership of speaker boehner and the senate leadership, as well to engage. this is not a game. i agree with what the seeker
it really is the president and john boehner. they have to work this out. shu he just call in john boehner and say, mr. speaker, we've got to figure this out. there are so many people suffering right now. and if this debt ceiling isn't raised, it's going to be potentially another deep recession for the entire economy. >> the consequences are very great if the debt ceiling isn't raised. i predict it will be raised. the speaker has said he didn't want to see us go into default he is the...
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now, you will hear john boehner and mitch mcconnell and these other republican epps say we don't want to default, but everybody knows and it's written about in all of the papers that their basic theory is, okay, if the shutdown doesn't work, then we are going to try to get some extra concessions out of the president. we'll put a long laundry list, all of the things that we want if we can't get passed on our own. if we don't get it, we'll tell them we won't vote to pay the country's bills. we'll let the country default. i'm not making this up. it's common knowledge. every reporter here knows it. i want you to understand the consequences of this. as reckless as a government shutdown is, as many people as are being hurt by a government shutdown, an economic shutdown that results from default would be dramatically worse. in a government shutdown social security checks still go out on time. in an check shutdown if we don't raise the debt ceiling they don't go out on time. in a government shutdown, disability benefits still arrive on time. in an economic shutdown, they don't. in a governmen
now, you will hear john boehner and mitch mcconnell and these other republican epps say we don't want to default, but everybody knows and it's written about in all of the papers that their basic theory is, okay, if the shutdown doesn't work, then we are going to try to get some extra concessions out of the president. we'll put a long laundry list, all of the things that we want if we can't get passed on our own. if we don't get it, we'll tell them we won't vote to pay the country's bills. we'll...
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i want to get to john boehner is speaking right now. stand by for me, please. >> i was at the white house the other night and listened to the president some 20 times explain to me why he wasn't going to negotiate. sat there and listened to the majority leader in the united states senate describe to me that he's not going to talk until we surrender. and then this morning i get the "wall street journal" out and it says, well, we don't care how long this lasts because we're winning. this isn't some damn game. the american people don't want their government shut down and neither do i. all we're asking for is to sit down and have a discussion and to bring fairness -- reopen the government and bring fairness to the american people under obama care. it's as simple as that. but it all has to begin with a simple discussion. >> good morning. you know, this week the american people have seen once again that obama care is not ready for primetime. a dysfunctional website is the least of that law's problems. and we've asked, as the speaker said, for
i want to get to john boehner is speaking right now. stand by for me, please. >> i was at the white house the other night and listened to the president some 20 times explain to me why he wasn't going to negotiate. sat there and listened to the majority leader in the united states senate describe to me that he's not going to talk until we surrender. and then this morning i get the "wall street journal" out and it says, well, we don't care how long this lasts because we're...
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john boehner is a typical dc legislator who people think is very nice. that is is a huge disconnect. so to see this to see it playing out and opening, it is republic. >> you sounded a note of hope. you tweet ed there is a slight possibility that bain ser a genius. >> it was based on a report by byron york. he is very well connected on the right side of the republican party, and he was saying basically there that is really only 30 members who are really dug in on this anti-affordable care act position and absolutely refuse compromise. he said there are 175 who will instantly vote for a clean resolution if they are given the freedom to cast that vote. and i think in my thinking was that boehner is waiting for something for the public opinion for wall street for wall street for the other players in the republican party to finally read the riot act to the tea party clouds and maybe put them down or limit their influence in the republican party to where we can have a meaningful governing coalition. >> i think a lot of people would agree with that designation.
john boehner is a typical dc legislator who people think is very nice. that is is a huge disconnect. so to see this to see it playing out and opening, it is republic. >> you sounded a note of hope. you tweet ed there is a slight possibility that bain ser a genius. >> it was based on a report by byron york. he is very well connected on the right side of the republican party, and he was saying basically there that is really only 30 members who are really dug in on this anti-affordable...
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called house speaker john boehner tonight. we will go live to the white house next on "the fox report." when does your work end? does it end after you've expanded your business? after your company's gone public? and the capital's been invested? or when your company's bought another? is it over after you've given back? you never stop achieving. that's why, at barclays, our ambition is to always realize yours. [ ding dong ] [ male announcer ] you can get great discounts on...
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maybe john boehner for march should call john boehner this week an remind him this is a terrible idea, that he literally recently said was a terrible idea. if we know that is what he believes, if we don't think he was lying then, what will it take to get him to bring it to the floor? a lot of analysts believe if you do get a shutdown the way out will be to use your words, perry, will be some bipartisan vote with the governing caucus a few days after the disaster. >> let's go back ari. in november, john boehner said, i quote, obama care is the law of the land. and we're going to stop trying to have bills to fight it. he's had to move so far to the right, to the right, to the right. now you're at a place where i know the white house view this as they stand strong. if you notice the white house keeps saying they are not negotiating. usually in politics you don't say i'm not going to negotiate. it makes you seem unreasonable. but their view is that you cannot keep rewarding bad behavior. they view the republicans are exhibiting bad behavior. i think we may need a longer shutdown. all of t
maybe john boehner for march should call john boehner this week an remind him this is a terrible idea, that he literally recently said was a terrible idea. if we know that is what he believes, if we don't think he was lying then, what will it take to get him to bring it to the floor? a lot of analysts believe if you do get a shutdown the way out will be to use your words, perry, will be some bipartisan vote with the governing caucus a few days after the disaster. >> let's go back ari. in...